The medial amygdala (MeA) is critical for the expression of a broad range of social behaviors, and is also connected to many other brain regions that mediate those same behaviors. Here, we summarize recent advances toward elucidating mechanisms that enable the MeA to regulate a diversity of social behaviors, and also consider what role the MeA plays within the broader network of regions that orchestrate social sensorimotor transformations. We outline the molecular, anatomical, and electrophysiological features of the MeA that segregate distinct social behaviors, propose experimental strategies to disambiguate sensory representations from behavioral function in the context of a social interaction, and consider to what extent MeA function may overlap with other regions mediating similar behaviors.

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社会行为背后的神经回路的组织：对内侧杏仁核的考虑。

内侧杏仁核 (MeA) 对广泛的社会行为的表达至关重要，并且还与调节这些相同行为的许多其他大脑区域相连。在这里，我们总结了最近在阐明使 MeA 能够调节各种社会行为的机制方面取得的进展，并考虑了 MeA 在协调社会感觉运动转变的更广泛的区域网络中所起的作用。我们概述了 MeA 的分子、解剖学和电生理学特征，这些特征将不同的社会行为分开，提出了实验策略，以在社会互动的背景下消除感觉表征与行为功能的歧义，并考虑 MeA 功能在多大程度上可能与其他介导的区域重叠类似的行为。